AI wins as Google algorithm beats Chinese master in ancient game of Go

Google's computer algorithm AlphaGo narrowly beat the world's top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game of Go on Tuesday, earning praise for apparently surpassing human abilities in one of the last games that machines have yet to dominate and reaffirming the arrival of what its developers tout as a groundbreaking new form of artificial intelligence. AlphaGo took the first of three scheduled games against brash Chinese 19-year-old Ke Jie, the world's No. 1 player, who after the match anointed the program as the new "Go god." For the first time, AlphaGo was quite humanlike. In the past it had some weaknesses. But now I feel its understanding of Go and the judgment of the game is beyond our ability.